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PARISH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK SUN., DEC. 17 3rd Sunday of Advent St. Vincent de Paul Collection Religious Retirement Collection Coffee & Doughnuts 9am - Adult Ed Bible Study 11:30am - Christmas Portrayal Practice 5:45pm - Youth Progressive Dinner MON., DEC. 18 8:35am - MMP 10am - Incorporation Comm. 6pm - French - Beginners 7pm - Karate TUES., DEC. 19 9am - Adoration 9am - French - Advanced 10am - Tuesday Morn Women’s Disc 1pm - Rosary for Peace 6:30pm - RCIA 8pm - AA WED., DEC. 20 5:45pm - Christmas Portrayal Practice 7pm - Choir THUR., DEC. 21 Office Closes at Noon 7pm - BSA Ship 214 7pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal 7pm - Karate FRI., DEC. 22 Christmas Holidays - Office Closed 8:15am - Daily Mass SAT., DEC. 23 10am - Karate 11:30am - Women’s AA 4:30pm - Reconciliation SUN., DEC. 24 4th Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve Diocesan School Collection 5pm - Children’s Christmas Mass 11:20pm - Christmas Carols Midnight Mass MASS INTENTIONS Liturgy of the Hours Week III SAT., DEC. 16 8:15AM +BETTY JO GRIER 5:30PM +DAVE BEHREND SUN., DEC. 17 8:00AM PARISHIONERS 10:30AM +ANNE E. MCDONOUGH MON., DEC. 18 8:15AM +DICK MITCHELL TUES., DEC. 19 8:15AM +BILL GALLAGHER 6:00PM +JESUS SOSA WED., DEC. 20 8:15AM +JACK MCKENNA THURS., DEC. 21 8:15AM +JIM, JEAN & FR. JIM SHIFFER FRI., DEC. 22 8:15AM +THERESA KENNEALLY SAT., DEC. 23 8:15AM +ERNEST CONROY 5:30PM +KENNETH AMIANO SUN., DEC. 24 8:00AM +MAUREEN WAGNER 10:30AM PARISHIONERS 5:00PM PARISH CHILDREN 8:15am Mass 8:15am & 5:30pm Masses 8:00am/10:30am & 5pm Masses Help us keep our above prayer list current. You may add a name to the list by calling the church office at 638-2647 or e-mailing us at [email protected]. St. William Prayer Line is a group of people who pray daily for the intentions received from voice mails left at 638-4287 or by email at [email protected]. 8 & 10:30am, 5pm & 12am Masses STEWARDSHIP MOMENT 2nd Sunday of Advent - December 10, 2017 A key facet of stewardship has always been personal witness. Today’s readings deal in large part with the witness of John the Baptist. St. John the Baptist, according to historians, was a few months older than Jesus. It is also generally accepted that he began preaching about six months before Jesus came to him to be baptized and to begin His ministry. St. John the Baptist pointed to Jesus as the Messiah. John the Baptist, through personal witness, raised a great sense of expectancy and excitement, the kind of expectancy and excitement that we associate with this season of Advent. John tries to awaken in people a consciousness of sin, the importance of conversion and change, and the need to become more holy in God’s eyes. Those are the same goals we should have during this Advent season. The matter of witness is a serious and important thing. It establishes truth and a solid foundation for faith. When we personally witness, it means we make a commitment. We cannot be neutral when it comes to our faith. We are called to be disciples, witnesses of and for Christ. We best accomplish that by the ways we live our own lives and how we relate to and treat others. Jesus can meet our every need. Now is the time for us to accept that and to place our total trust in Him. We can do that best by making our own commitment to be His disciple, a witness to Who He is and what He means to us and all people. Copyright @2017 Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc. Offertory Stewardship December 10 - $12,537.00 (December 11, 2016 - $13,418.00) PARISHIONER ENVELOPES/CHECKS - 241 CHILDREN’S GIFT - $35.00 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - $1,617.00 ABBEY OF REGINA LAUDIS - $6,064.40 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO DATE Pledged - $1,803,514 Received - $1,218,039 Thank you, Parish Family! This scripture reading sums up Stewardship. “Rejoice always” means place your trust in God; He will provide all that you need. “Pray constantly” means prayer should be a running conversation with God throughout the whole day, every day. “Give thanks in all circumstances” means even in bad situations, thank God. Suffering a little bit helps build empathy for others in similar situations. "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire ST. WILLIAM INVITES YOU TO THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC SCHOOL WINES of the WORLD and COASTAL CUISINE a Wine, Craft Beer and Hors d’oeuvres Pairing and auction Sunday, January 28, 6:30pm St. William Parish Hall Coastal Cuisine and Wines presented by local chefs and sommeliers from Certified, Delaneys, Frederica, Palmers, Tasteful Tempta- tions, Tramici, Sea Island, and more Crusaders Reserved Room - $75 per person ( limited availability ) Main Hall Ticket - $50 per person Available after all Masses and in the church office beginning January 7. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS! Please call RaeAnn Allen at 404-791-1043, if you are interested in helping with this very popular Sunday event.. 8:15am & 6pm Masses 8:15am Mass TWIN PARISH NEWS - Please don't forget the poor in Haiti when shopping this holiday season. Shop smile.amazon.com, and identi- fy Helping Hugs. Inc. as your charity, and they will receive .5% of the price of your eligible purchases at no cost to you. Collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious is this weekend. Help reli- gious communities. “Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry,” writes a religious sister. Your gift to today’s collec- tion for the RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders! CALLING ALL ANGELS AND SHEPHERDS! Participants are needed for the live portrayal of the Gospel at the Chil- dren’s Christmas Mass at 5PM on Christmas Eve. Children, Kindergarten to 5th grade, are invited to be a part of the sto- ry of our Lord’s birth. We practice on Wednesdays at 5:45pm and Sundays after 10:30 Mass. We are in need of CHILDREN and TEENS (all ages). Contact Terri Mikowski to sign up or for more information. 912-223-0293 or email [email protected]. Eddie Arbo, Mario Artesiano, Tony Blanda, Bea Boglione, Rooks Boynton, Tommye Cashin, Marion Clark, Cartan Clarke, Larry Clarke, Linda Cooper, Don Daleen, Mark Davis, Doris Daw, Barbara Driscoll, John Fedak, Jerry & Connie Fonse- ca, Rebecca Gaylor, Christine Gelardin, Max Germain, Janet Goggins, Jacquel- ine Grady, John Grimsley, Gloria Hair, Jeanne Hannon, Fred Hegeman, Don Heinecke, Marion & Luke Hughes, Cheryl & Larry Hutchinson, Ve- ronica Joseph, Mark Kelso, Ben Koreski, Kath- leen Koreski, Dale Long, Charlotte McGrana- ghan, John LaBoone, Brian Mallon, John McCauley, Nina & Ralph Murphy, Nickie Nelson, Nell Pidgeon, Amy O’Connor, John Oechsle, Jane O’Hagan, John Parkins, Diane Patterson, Frank Paul, Peny Phelps, Pat Ragsdale, Mary Rath, Patricia Reilly, A.J. Salimando, Gordy Sea- man, Douglas Seaman, Richard Sedlacek, C.J. Sharpe, Lucy Shaw, Emma Sosa, Vic Terranova, Larry Tucker, Mary Whitney, Kay Willis, Richard Wineman, Charlie Yodor and our service men and women. PRAYER REQUESTS 8:15am Mass Gold-Silver Anniversary Mass Those couples married in 1968 (50 years) and 1993 (25 years) are invited to the Gold-Silver Jubilee Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral in Savannah on Sunday, February 11. All registrations should be made on line at https://www.diosav.org/familylife-marriage-jubilee no later than December 18. If you are unable to register on line, please contact 912- 201-4068. CHRISTMAS AND HOLY DAYS MASS SCHEDULE 4th Sunday of Advent Vigil at 5:30pm, Sunday at 8am & 10:30am Children’s Christmas Eve Mass at 5:00pm Midnight Mass - Carols begin at 11:20pm Christmas Day Mass at 9:00am Solemnity of Mary December 31 at 6pm & January 1 at 9am The Church Office will close at noon on December 21 and reopen on January 2. All contributions for 2017 must be in the office by December 31. DIOCESAN CHRISTMAS COLLECTION - In Advent 2012, Bishop Hartmay- er announced that the second collection at Christmas Masses each year would be dedicated solely to Catholic schools in the diocese to provide much needed tuition assistance to school families seeking a Catholic education. Half of the collection would be divided equally among the 17 Catholic schools in the dio- cese and the remaining half invested in the Catholic Foundation of South Geor- gia Endowment, designated to ensure long-term sustainability of our schools and the needs of our families. In the 2013 annual report, Bishop Hartmayer indicated that the Christmas collection continues to grow and benefit our school programs and our children. “The best experience a youngster can have is a Catholic education, and the goal of this endowment is to provide the experience for all of our families.” ST. WILLIAM MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP - The next meeting of the Men’s Discussion Group will be our annual Christmas luncheon in the Oak Room at The Lodge at noon, Tuesday, December 19. Reservations are in the name of Thomas McIntyre. RSVP to 912-229-0526 or [email protected]. Thank you to the parishioners who purchased car raffle tickets in support of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School. We sold 448 tickets ($8,960) which was 5.52% of all the tickets sold by the 45 charitable organizations. An additional $2,761 was given to us from the distribution pool of the Davis Love Foundation for a grand total of $11,723! A special thank you goes to the Knights of Columbus and everyone else who helped make this fundraiser a huge success. TUESDAY MORNING WOMEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP will meet on December 19 at 10am in the Parish Hall. There will be a Christmas Themed presentation by Janice Capano. All ladies of the parish are welcome to attend.
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PARISH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
SUN., DEC. 17 3rd Sunday of Advent St. Vincent de Paul Collection Religious Retirement Collection
Coffee & Doughnuts 9am - Adult Ed Bible Study 11:30am - Christmas Portrayal Practice 5:45pm - Youth Progressive Dinner MON., DEC. 18 8:35am - MMP 10am - Incorporation Comm. 6pm - French - Beginners 7pm - Karate TUES., DEC. 19 9am - Adoration 9am - French - Advanced 10am - Tuesday Morn Women’s Disc 1pm - Rosary for Peace 6:30pm - RCIA 8pm - AA WED., DEC. 20 5:45pm - Christmas Portrayal Practice 7pm - Choir THUR., DEC. 21 Office Closes at Noon 7pm - BSA Ship 214 7pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal 7pm - Karate FRI., DEC. 22 Christmas Holidays - Office Closed 8:15am - Daily Mass SAT., DEC. 23 10am - Karate 11:30am - Women’s AA 4:30pm - Reconciliation SUN., DEC. 24 4th Sunday of Advent
Christmas Eve Diocesan School Collection
5pm - Children’s Christmas Mass 11:20pm - Christmas Carols Midnight Mass
MASS INTENTIONS Liturgy of the Hours Week III
SAT., DEC. 16 8:15AM +BETTY JO GRIER
5:30PM +DAVE BEHREND
SUN., DEC. 17 8:00AM PARISHIONERS
10:30AM +ANNE E. MCDONOUGH
MON., DEC. 18 8:15AM +DICK MITCHELL
TUES., DEC. 19 8:15AM +BILL GALLAGHER
6:00PM +JESUS SOSA
WED., DEC. 20 8:15AM +JACK MCKENNA
THURS., DEC. 21 8:15AM +JIM, JEAN & FR. JIM SHIFFER FRI., DEC. 22 8:15AM +THERESA KENNEALLY
SAT., DEC. 23 8:15AM +ERNEST CONROY
5:30PM +KENNETH AMIANO
SUN., DEC. 24 8:00AM +MAUREEN WAGNER
10:30AM PARISHIONERS
5:00PM PARISH CHILDREN
8:15am Mass
8:15am & 5:30pm Masses
8:00am/10:30am & 5pm Masses
Help us keep our above prayer list current. You may add a name to the list by calling
the church office at 638-2647 or e-mailing us at [email protected].
St. William Prayer Line is a group of people who pray daily for the intentions received from
voice mails left at 638-4287 or by email at [email protected].
8 & 10:30am, 5pm & 12am Masses
STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
2nd Sunday of Advent - December 10, 2017
A key facet of stewardship has always been
personal witness. Today’s readings deal in
large part with the witness of John the Baptist.
St. John the Baptist, according to historians,
was a few months older than Jesus. It is also
generally accepted that he began preaching
about six months before Jesus came to him to
be baptized and to begin His ministry.
St. John the Baptist pointed to Jesus as the
Messiah. John the Baptist, through personal witness, raised a
great sense of expectancy and excitement, the kind of expectancy
and excitement that we associate with this season of Advent.
John tries to awaken in people a consciousness of sin, the
importance of conversion and change, and the need to become
more holy in God’s eyes.
Those are the same goals we should have during this Advent
season. The matter of witness is a serious and important thing. It
establishes truth and a solid foundation for faith. When we
personally witness, it means we make a commitment. We cannot
be neutral when it comes to our faith. We are called to be
disciples, witnesses of and for Christ. We best accomplish that by
the ways we live our own lives and how we relate to and treat
others.
Jesus can meet our every need. Now is the time for us to
accept that and to place our total trust in Him. We can do that
best by making our own commitment to be His disciple, a witness
to Who He is and what He means to us and all people.
Copyright @2017 Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc.
Offertory Stewardship
December 10 - $12,537.00 (December 11, 2016 - $13,418.00) PARISHIONER ENVELOPES/CHECKS - 241
CHILDREN’S GIFT - $35.00 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - $1,617.00 ABBEY OF REGINA LAUDIS - $6,064.40
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO DATE Pledged - $1,803,514 Received - $1,218,039
Thank you, Parish Family!
This scripture reading sums up Stewardship. “Rejoice always” means place your trust in God; He will provide all that you need. “Pray constantly” means prayer should be a running
conversation with God throughout the whole day, every day. “Give thanks in all circumstances”
means even in bad situations, thank God. Suffering a little bit helps build empathy
for others in similar situations.
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others
belong to us as well." - Voltaire
ST. WILLIAM INVITES YOU TO THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC SCHOOL
WINES of the WORLD and
COASTAL CUISINE a Wine, Craft Beer and Hors d’oeuvres Pairing and auction
Sunday, January 28, 6:30pm St. William Parish Hall
Coastal Cuisine and Wines
presented by local chefs and sommeliers from Certified, Delaneys, Frederica, Palmers, Tasteful Tempta-
tions, Tramici, Sea Island, and more
Crusaders Reserved Room - $75 per person (limited availability)
Main Hall Ticket - $50 per person
Available after all Masses and in the church office beginning January 7.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS!
Please call RaeAnn Allen at 404-791-1043, if you are interested in helping with this very
popular Sunday event..
8:15am & 6pm Masses
8:15am Mass
TWIN PARISH NEWS - Please don't forget the poor in Haiti when shopping this holiday season. Shop smile.amazon.com, and identi-fy Helping Hugs. Inc. as your charity, and they will receive .5% of the price of your eligible purchases at no cost to you.
Collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious is this weekend. Help reli-
gious communities. “Your generous contribution helps us to care
for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in
active ministry,” writes a religious sister. Your gift to today’s collec-
tion for the RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS helps provide
medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters,
brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger
members can continue the good works of their elders!
CALLING ALL ANGELS AND SHEPHERDS! Participants are needed for the live portrayal of the Gospel at the Chil-dren’s Christmas Mass at 5PM on Christmas Eve. Children, Kindergarten to 5th grade, are invited to be a part of the sto-ry of our Lord’s birth. We practice on Wednesdays at
5:45pm and Sundays after 10:30 Mass. We are in need of CHILDREN and TEENS (all ages). Contact Terri Mikowski to sign up or for more information. 912-223-0293 or email [email protected].
Eddie Arbo, Mario Artesiano, Tony Blanda, Bea Boglione, Rooks Boynton, Tommye Cashin, Marion Clark, Cartan Clarke, Larry Clarke, Linda Cooper, Don Daleen, Mark Davis, Doris Daw, Barbara Driscoll, John Fedak, Jerry & Connie Fonse-ca, Rebecca Gaylor, Christine
Gelardin, Max Germain, Janet Goggins, Jacquel-ine Grady, John Grimsley, Gloria Hair, Jeanne Hannon, Fred Hegeman, Don Heinecke, Marion & Luke Hughes, Cheryl & Larry Hutchinson, Ve-ronica Joseph, Mark Kelso, Ben Koreski, Kath-leen Koreski, Dale Long, Charlotte McGrana-ghan, John LaBoone, Brian Mallon, John McCauley, Nina & Ralph Murphy, Nickie Nelson, Nell Pidgeon, Amy O’Connor, John Oechsle, Jane O’Hagan, John Parkins, Diane Patterson, Frank Paul, Peny Phelps, Pat Ragsdale, Mary Rath, Patricia Reilly, A.J. Salimando, Gordy Sea-man, Douglas Seaman, Richard Sedlacek, C.J. Sharpe, Lucy Shaw, Emma Sosa, Vic Terranova, Larry Tucker, Mary Whitney, Kay Willis, Richard Wineman, Charlie Yodor and our service men and women.
PRAYER
REQUESTS
8:15am Mass
Gold-Silver Anniversary Mass Those couples married in 1968 (50 years) and 1993 (25 years) are
invited to the Gold-Silver Jubilee Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral in Savannah on Sunday, February 11. All registrations should be made on line at https://www.diosav.org/familylife-marriage-jubilee no later than December 18. If you are unable to register on line, please contact 912-201-4068.
CHRISTMAS AND HOLY DAYS MASS SCHEDULE
4th Sunday of Advent Vigil at 5:30pm, Sunday at 8am & 10:30am
Children’s Christmas Eve Mass at 5:00pm Midnight Mass - Carols begin at 11:20pm
Christmas Day Mass at 9:00am
Solemnity of Mary December 31 at 6pm & January 1 at 9am
The Church Office will close at noon on December 21
and reopen on January 2.
All contributions for 2017 must be in the office by December 31.
DIOCESAN CHRISTMAS COLLECTION - In Advent 2012, Bishop Hartmay-er announced that the second collection at Christmas Masses each year would be dedicated solely to Catholic schools in the diocese to provide much needed tuition assistance to school families seeking a Catholic education. Half of the collection would be divided equally among the 17 Catholic schools in the dio-cese and the remaining half invested in the Catholic Foundation of South Geor-gia Endowment, designated to ensure long-term sustainability of our schools and the needs of our families. In the 2013 annual report, Bishop Hartmayer indicated that the Christmas collection continues to grow and benefit our school programs and our children. “The best experience a youngster can have is a Catholic education, and the goal of this endowment is to provide the experience for all of our families.”
ST. WILLIAM MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP - The next meeting of the Men’s Discussion Group will be our annual Christmas luncheon in the Oak Room at The Lodge at noon, Tuesday, December 19. Reservations are in the name of Thomas McIntyre. RSVP to 912-229-0526 or [email protected].
Thank you to the parishioners who purchased car raffle tickets in support of St.
Francis Xavier Catholic School. We sold 448 tickets ($8,960) which was 5.52% of all the tickets sold by the 45 charitable organizations. An additional $2,761 was given to us from the distribution pool of the Davis Love Foundation for a grand total of $11,723! A special thank you goes to the Knights of Columbus and everyone else who helped make this fundraiser a huge success.
TUESDAY MORNING WOMEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP will meet on December 19 at 10am in the Parish Hall. There will be a Christmas Themed presentation by Janice Capano. All ladies of the parish are welcome to attend.
